Pieces with repeated chords

[tenpasten]

Hi guys, I’m looking for some pieces with repeating chords in a section. Some examples are Rach Prelude in B Minor, the end of Scriabins 4th sonata, the climax of Scriabins 5th, the end of Bortkiewicz op 33 no 7 and no 8, Scriabin Fantasie in B minor middle climax, rach op 39 no 5, coda of Scriabin etude in d sharp.

Hopefully these will give you an idea of what I’m looking for.

Thank you!

[lelle]

Does Chopin Nocturne in c minor op 48 no 1 fit the bill?

Chopin's Polonaise-Fantaisie Op 61 has a short section with repeating chords near the end, when the theme returns.

[roncesvalles]

Sticking with Scriabin, there's Op. 8 no. 1 (repeated chords for both hands at different points--it's really usually the bottom two notes of a chord, but they're played like chords rather than legato thirds and fourths) and Op. 11 no. 24.  For the etude you want to voice a melody with the chords, so a real lightness needs to be achieved. For the prelude, for me at least, there's a little awkwardness because you're often repeating and alternating between the lower and upper three notes of a four note chord spanning an octave, so if you get tense with extensions it's not the best starting point for repeated chords).

[ahinton]

An entire page of them is to be found at the opening of Alkan's Op. 39 No. 11, Ouverture, the penultimate étude of his 12 Études dans les tons mineurs.

[thorn]

The second half of Liszt's Harmonies du Soir is my favourite use of this particular texture.
If you want something more extreme, Debussy's Étude 12 Pour les accords.

[ahinton]

The second half of Liszt's Harmonies du Soir is my favourite use of this particular texture.
If you want something more extreme, Debussy's Étude 12 Pour les accords.

Thre are a few instances in Liszt's first Mephisto Waltz, too...

[transitional]

If you want repeated chords, there are many, many waltzes for that... you just need to pick the right ones.

[bryfarr]

I was also looking for pieces with a lot of repeated chords a while back.
Many Chopin pieces have sections with a series of chords, Rachmaninoff's and Scriabin's pieces even more so.  If you really want pieces very focused on chords, etudes may be your best bet.  Here's a list:

Brahms Rhapsody in E-flat Op 119
Brahms Capriccio in d minor Op 116 no 1
Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau Op 39 no 5 in e-flat minor (beautiful piece!)
Scriabin Etude in c# minor Op 2
Scriabin Etude in d# minor Op 12 no 8
Chopin Etude op 25 no 4
Chopin Etude no 2 from Three Nouvelles Etudes
Moskowski Etude in G Op 72 no 3
Czerny Etude Op 740  no 40 (RH only unfortunately)
Moscheles Etude Op 70 no 2
Sauer Staccato Etude

[piabanoch]

skrjabin sonata n 5